Sunday, June 29, 2014

Little clay pipe a big fuss in Maitland

The discovery of an old clay pipe at a site in Horseshoe Bend has caused excitement among local people who believe it might date from the late 18th to early 19th centuries.

&lt;a href="http://ad-apac.doubleclick.net/N6411/jump/onl.fairfaxregional/maitlandmercury/news/localnews;ctype=article;cat=maitlandmercury;cat1=news;cat2=localnews;cat3=2355414;region=northern;locstate=nsw;pos=1;tile=2;sz=xxxx;ord=57356642?"&gt;&lt;img src="http://ad-apac.doubleclick.net/N6411/ad/onl.fairfaxregional/maitlandmercury/news/localnews;ctype=article;cat=maitlandmercury;cat1=news;cat2=localnews;cat3=2355414;region=northern;locstate=nsw;pos=1;tile=2;sz=xxxx;ord=57356642?" /&gt;&lt;/a&Julie Hvirf unearthed the pipe near the site of the art classes she runs in Carrington Street.

Shortly after the discovery, art club member Ramona Cocco saw a ­television program in which a $300 million building program in Sydney was halted – because of discoveries made at the Wynyard Walk Tunnel.

Among the items found there was a clay pipe Ms Cocco believes was identical to the one at Horseshoe Bend.